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50's: Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo, North By Northwest). Runner-up: Akira Kurosawa.
60's: Stanley Kubrick (Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey). Runner-up: Sergio Leone
70's: Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now). Runner-ups: Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg.
80's: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones Trilogy, Empire Of The Sun, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial). Runner-ups: Martin Scorsese, Robert Zemeckis.
90's: Martin Scorsese (GoodFellas, Cape Fear, Casino). Runner-ups: David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson.
00's: David Fincher (Zodiac, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button). Runner-ups: Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese.
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